Martha Roby

Martha Roby (26 July 1976-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-AL 2) from 3 January 2011, succeeding Bobby Bright.

Biography
Martha Dubina was born on 26 July 1976 in Montgomery, Alabama, the daughter of Circuit Judge Joel Fredrick Dubina. She graduated from New York University and Samford University, and she worked at a law firm before being elected to the Montgomery City Council in 2003. Roby opposed the building of a shopping mall in East Montgomery, privatizing the disposal of household garbage, supported a 10% cigarette tax increase, and argued for a state sales tax holiday.

Roby was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2011, and she sought to to support ending pre-existing conditions as exclusion from receiving health insurance benefits, vote against cap and trade, vote to defund health care reform, reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce government spending, support a Balanced Budget Amendment, support a line-item veto, support ending the current earmark process, oppose government bailouts and takeovers of private companies, support the requirement of budgets to be submitted for Social Security and Medicare, require that all legislation be posted online for 72 hours before debate, require that every piece of legislation begin with an explanation of its constitutionality, maintain defense spending at least 4% of GDP, support missile defense programs, reform the tax code, support abolition of the estate tax, oppose raising the retirement age for Social Security benefits, oppose a reduction in Social Security benefits, oppose an increase in payroll taxes for Social Security benefits, and oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants. She opposed Donald Trump's candidacy during the 2016 presidential election.